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The GWM Tanks are going to be very interesting, they will convert lots of outback travellers who might have concerns with stratospheric Cruiser pricing and not want a dual cab - which can cost heaps, too.
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Dead right, 99% don’t care, and when the difference is upto 10grand, the punters may overlook any shortfall.
Legacy auto have walked away from the volume segments, the Chinese have filled the gap. Nothing more, nothing less. Personal experience, just took my exes 2.5yo haval Jolion on a 800k country round trip, it was ok. The bings and bongs were a bit ott, but it was ok, and at 30k kk, she’s had no problems with it. I’ve had my LDV G10 for just over 12months, in that time I’ve spent $4k on repairs (clutch/starter motor/head unit), it’s 5yo with 55k km. Oh, and the rust. I’ve still got 4 years to pay it off, but it wasn’t a hiace at $47k, so there’s that. Overbearing safety nannies are now compulsory to get ancap scores, it’s just the Chinese aren’t great at tuning them for western sensibilities, the locals at ford/holden/toyota were really good at making systems and UI that made sense.
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If Ford can't provide the next passenger car I want then I will be looking at Mazda, never ever Chinese. I would never ever buy a Chinese SUV / Twin Cab either
I actually get a little internally angry when I hear people I know buying or have bought a Chinese piece of shit. Every time we buy their garbage we are supporting their economy and all they want to do is shaft us - the relationship is NOT a 2 way street |
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Don't worry most of the stuff in our new Ford's comes out of China anyways.
As for MG's they are not the best but nothing competes with them on price / warranty. One of my mates is the fixed operations manager for a MG / GWM dealership. He has spent most of his life at Ford and he said these Chinese things are no worse then Ford's when it comes to the amount of warranty claims etc. In saying that there is a big difference between durability and NVH / comfort / drivability / handling.
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TBH the thread title has merit but more so applied to the younger gens. Us older smarter mature types ![]() Another fellow forum member here from WA is a panel beater. He has mentioned waiting on chinese parts no matter the brand is months and months. My neighbour 1 door up I'm sure he regrest his BYD purchase since he or his Mrs's scrapped the entire LHside. That was near on 5mths ago, I ask him any news, nope still waiting on beater to advise him bring the BYD in, Build Your Dreams, haha when lol.....at least he can still drive it around. Now this is Syd burbia living, what about going through this lack of support out in regional areas, like WTF. Recently my sons i30 got scrapped whilst parked out front of his girlfriends place. Thankfully the offender was honest - a rarity in this day and age we thanked him so much - therefore put in the claim no worries got it inspected by a good reputable repairer the insurer booked in for us. I sussed them out online was impressed by the marques in there AND they are a Tesla approved repairer as well. Now we know not every beater can take on those EV's due to their panels mixed of alloy/magnesium etcetc depending models..... the amount of Teslas in there was more than I expected with all the warning tech, not enough approved beaters, makes for looong repair waits, hire vehicle unless in your policy. Hey T3, as you say general WTY repairs all and good the dealership can fix just pray no one hits Pops new 300.
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Come out of the closet Gen y your generation are the people buying Chinese cars not Boomers Also note the new petrol Mg3 has less kw and torque than a 2008 1.6 na Fiesta |
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We all moan groan but at the same time how much of our products in our homes are made in china today. Same applies as smoke mentions, near on every brand vehicle has components Made in PRC. Double edged sword. Being in the parts game for over 40yrs, what we paid back in the 80/90's have near on halved mind you certain lines have compramised on quality and thats the gamble. Learn what to buy and who/brand has the better support policies. So many hated Supercheap, I like because I deal with them since store 38, I understood their policy/vision to market, Thank them guys for all your whinging because Repco/Burson/AutoOne etcetc had to follow their lead ! Can't cut off china neccessary evil - we but a minnow.
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It is interesting to see how quickly the newer Chinese generation vehicles are advancing. The new 2024 MG3 hybrid seems a pretty big leap from first generation MG3. It packs a pretty punchy yet economical driveline and has had good overseas reviews. Of course it still suffers from less than perfect driver assist aids but at about $30K in top spec with a sunroof seems good value and should be a good seller as a city car. if they can get parts availability sorted then MG will be big player with pure Evs and hybrids. They seems to be progressing much quicker I thought they would. will be interesting to see how non chinese manufacturers adapt.
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minheim, you'd hope so for the bar wasn't that high when they came out and forwarding years so any improvement would be night a day from 1st gens.
Techs improvement are easy its components/and longivity but at the pricing what are we to expect for life cycle ? throw away society right. Whereas the Japs/Koreans at that bracket (obviously more $) lasts and wouldn't depreciate as hard, this matters to some consumers. Anyway horse's for course's, the market is speaking. Hey T3, know the feeling, I've been dealing with a 90yr old driving father, he's been at us about fixing his bumper bar parking scraps the last 5yrs, got sorted couple of months back, in his own carpark an unfortunate health issue accident occured (thankfully he's good but damn lucky)...having dealt with Insurnace and pictures sent they wrote it off ! Poor bloke due to the accident they automatically suspend his license for 6mths. TBH best thing to happen, enough was enough, more so for fellow motorists he became a worrying liabilty to anyone. Sorry off topic.
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just out of interest, and for a giggle.... carsales has just over 35,000 new cars listed today.
just 823 are manual transmission. I think this goes a long way to support my statement that punters no longer care about the driving experience. the only Chinese ones in the list are LDV, but they make up 10% I was also quite surprised to see some Fords. Mustang obviously, but it looks like the new transit comes in manual too |
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I remember in the 90s, we all scoffed at the Hyundais held together with rivets. Look at them now. They overtook our industry in terms of value for money and build quality long before it was dead.
The chinese have the benefit of learning from everyone else's IP, so these new players are bringing far more mature products to us than those first koreans. They may not be the best cars on the road, but at the price? Would you rather a $40k Haval or a $40k Jimny? |
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The Japanese went thru the same learning curve during the 60s & early 70s, some of their early stuff was cr@p. The same with early Hyundai & Kia, but look at them now. In time the Chinese will be up to a good standard, but currently many are not. At the moment they are selling on price alone, the same as the others decades ago. Dr Terry |
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More recently there was the asbestos gaskets in motors, maybe asbestos in brakes too can't remember which brand though. Useful stuff, asbestos, good heat resistance properties.
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Jimny goes back from the 70's to date, depending the market. Majority made in Japan early days and again market dependant Spain/Brazil/Indo/Kenya/Thai/India and a number more. Won't be surprised it wll last better than the Haval at this stage. China have had partnership IP with leading OE's going back yonks and yonks, mostly VW/Das Auto and GM who are very strong in their market last 40/50yrs. Therefore that leads into sub supplier partnerships as well ie Bosch etcetc so they have had IP knowledge intel for a damn long time amongst other brands. It is not new building vehicles there. Some of their OE's are as old as our beginnings with GM/Ford building here and longer. Their quality has been rubbish imo having visited there the last 25yrs BUT they now HAVE to lift their game having turned to Export their brands in todays world. All up to them to make the grade. I know the first chinese Importer here was Ateco, it was a failure for them for sometime, as one mentioned the first GWM utes were rubbish and a couple of other brands ala Chery. The main issue apart from sub standard drivetrains/engines/QC was the lack of back up support which is the issue today and worse because more are coming to town. I suppose early adaptors a term used today will pay the price of sub standard service for the bang for buck, good luck to them.
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